Op-Ed: Drake Dominates
He’s got the top 23 tracks in the U.S. on Spotify. Globally he’s got the top 17 of 18, only the deceased XXXTENTACION sneaks in and breaks up the hegemony.…
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Grammy Nomination Expansion – By Bob Lefsetz
This is bullshit. The problem wasn’t that women and minorities weren’t being nominated, but that they weren’t WINNING! How in the hell is increasing the nominees in the top categories…
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Op-Ed: McCartney On Carpool Karaoke
One day Paul McCartney is gonna die. And we’re never gonna believe he was ever alive. We thought rock and roll was forever. And then David Bowie passed.…
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The Greatest Showman
This could be the biggest act in the world. I was clueless until my buddy Jeff Laufer hipped me to it, singling out the track “This Is Me,” an empowering…
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Ye’s Album Length
It’s got seven songs and it’s twenty three minutes long. This form factor is more important than the songs contained therein, which have unfortunately gotten mediocre reviews. Yes, you self-satisfied…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Paul Rodgers
Playlist: https://spoti.fi/2MjYxSu ALL RIGHT NOW! That’s right, this week’s podcast guest is the voice, vocalist extraordinaire, PAUL RODGERS! I remember distinctly driving in my mom’s Country Squire on the way…
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Moby’s Book
What if you became a rock star? Moby invited us to dinner at his vegan restaurant the Little Pine in Silver Lake. It was jumping. We got a table in…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Daniel Glass
“Now it’s a mighty long way down rock ‘n’ roll Through the Bradford cities and the Oreoles” From Regine’s to the Hollywood Bowl, that’s right, Daniel Glass started out in…
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Gang of Youths at the Moroccan Lounge
I didn’t get it at first. Geiger says the streaming charts don’t reflect the culture, Greta Van Fleet has sold over 250,000 tickets worldwide, but their Spotify numbers are anemic,…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Kenny Aronoff
Yup, that guy, the one you see on seemingly every TV show, backing up every famous musician. But Kenny paid his dues. He grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, he opines…
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